The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1191420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THINK AORTA · also registered in Scotland as SC051517 (OSCR)

The Aortic Dissection Charitable TrustOur mission is to save lives by improving the diagnosis of aortic dissection and bringing consistency of treatment across the patient pathways.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM OR AT RISK OF AORTIC DISSECTION BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, EDUCATION AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS TO INFLUENCE POLICY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘AORTIC DISSECTION’ IS DEFINED AS THOSE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION BD 50 OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES VERSION 11.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£288k

Latest spending

£112k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £176,574 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming funds rising to £288,274. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £350,645, held primarily in interest-yielding bank accounts under a risk-averse investment policy.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves, both assets and cash, to generate sufficient income to fulfil its objectives (held: £351k)

“It is the policy of The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust to maintain sufficient reserves, both assets and cash, to generate sufficient income to fulfil its objectives.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity paid £9,660 to Always Be Connecting, an entity in which the husband of trustee Catherine Fowler has an interest. Fees were charged at a 60% discount of market rate.

“During the year, the charity paid an amount of £9,660 (2024: £nil) to Always Be Connecting, an entity in which the husband of Catherine Fowler (trustee) has an interest. Always Be Connecting provides marketing, fundraising and project management support to the charity. All fees are charged at a 60% discount of the market rate, subject to an annual maximum amount of £20,000.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ADCT - The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Fowlerchair
Graham Cooper
Michael Kyriakides
Pauline Latham OBE, MP

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£288k	£112k
31/03/2024	£121k	£55k
31/03/2023	£82k	£26k
31/03/2022	£56k	£10k
31/03/2021	£9k	£2k

Common questions

Is The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £176,574 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming funds rising to £288,274. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £350,645, held primarily in interest-yielding bank accounts under a risk-averse investment policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust as a grant recipient include GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£181k
The Bridgepoint Group Foundation	1	£57k
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£29k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
IGO FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTD	1	£9k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
THE INMAN CHARITY	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARFAN TRUST.

MARFAN TRUST income £287k
THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY income £6.1m
HEARTBEAT TRUST UK income £238k
THE APLASTIC ANAEMIA TRUST income £647k
UNITED KINGDOM SEPSIS TRUST LIMITED income £1.9m
THE A. H. TRUST income £359k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust	£288k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MARFAN TRUST FY2024	£287k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY FY2025	£6.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEARTBEAT TRUST UK FY2024	£238k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE APLASTIC ANAEMIA TRUST FY2025	£647k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
UNITED KINGDOM SEPSIS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.